Letters to the Editor
- Everyone needs a safe, decent, affordable place to call home. But for too long, our housing system has felt like an unfair game rigged
Opinion | April 21, 2025
Opinion | April 21, 2025
- Everyone needs a safe, decent, affordable place to call home. But for too long, our housing system has felt like an unfair game rigged
Opinion | April 21, 2025
- Everyone needs a safe, decent, affordable place to call home. But for too long, our housing system has felt like an unfair game rigged
- The other day, I turned on the TV to watch the evening news. That was my first mistake. My second was flipping from one
Opinion | April 21, 2025
Opinion | April 21, 2025
- The other day, I turned on the TV to watch the evening news. That was my first mistake. My second was flipping from one
Opinion | April 21, 2025
- The other day, I turned on the TV to watch the evening news. That was my first mistake. My second was flipping from one
- First, I believe in election polls. Why don’t the opposition parties? Because they are trailing the front-running Liberals. These conversations reinforce the truism—though it
Opinion | April 16, 2025
Opinion | April 16, 2025
- First, I believe in election polls. Why don’t the opposition parties? Because they are trailing the front-running Liberals. These conversations reinforce the truism—though it
Opinion | April 16, 2025
- First, I believe in election polls. Why don’t the opposition parties? Because they are trailing the front-running Liberals. These conversations reinforce the truism—though it
- Re: “Poilievre vows to renegotiate North American pact, but Trump’s repeated trade breaches imperil plan,” (The Hill Times, April 9, p. 12). Prime Minister
Opinion | April 16, 2025
Opinion | April 16, 2025
- Re: “Poilievre vows to renegotiate North American pact, but Trump’s repeated trade breaches imperil plan,” (The Hill Times, April 9, p. 12). Prime Minister
Opinion | April 16, 2025
- Re: “Poilievre vows to renegotiate North American pact, but Trump’s repeated trade breaches imperil plan,” (The Hill Times, April 9, p. 12). Prime Minister
- Re: “Smith’s request to U.S. swings dangerously close to an ask for foreign interference,” (The Hill Times, March 31). I read, with interest, your
Opinion | April 14, 2025
Opinion | April 14, 2025
- Re: “Smith’s request to U.S. swings dangerously close to an ask for foreign interference,” (The Hill Times, March 31). I read, with interest, your
Opinion | April 14, 2025
- Re: “Smith’s request to U.S. swings dangerously close to an ask for foreign interference,” (The Hill Times, March 31). I read, with interest, your
- Re: “If you think that assisted dying in Canada is a mess, think again,” (The Hill Times, April 4, by James Downar and Jocelyn
Opinion | April 14, 2025
Opinion | April 14, 2025
- Re: “If you think that assisted dying in Canada is a mess, think again,” (The Hill Times, April 4, by James Downar and Jocelyn
Opinion | April 14, 2025
- Re: “If you think that assisted dying in Canada is a mess, think again,” (The Hill Times, April 4, by James Downar and Jocelyn
- It comes as no surprise to anyone that Canada champions diversity. The country has opened its vast land and generous heart to countless immigrants
Opinion | April 9, 2025
Opinion | April 9, 2025
- It comes as no surprise to anyone that Canada champions diversity. The country has opened its vast land and generous heart to countless immigrants
Opinion | April 9, 2025
- It comes as no surprise to anyone that Canada champions diversity. The country has opened its vast land and generous heart to countless immigrants
- March 23 marked the start of the 2025 Canadian federal election. This is happening at a critical time for both Canada and the world.
Opinion | April 9, 2025
Opinion | April 9, 2025
- March 23 marked the start of the 2025 Canadian federal election. This is happening at a critical time for both Canada and the world.
Opinion | April 9, 2025
- March 23 marked the start of the 2025 Canadian federal election. This is happening at a critical time for both Canada and the world.
- In his March 24, 2025, oped in The Hill Times, Conservative Senate Leader Don Plett valiantly defends Canada’s live horse export for slaughter industry—a
Opinion | April 7, 2025
Opinion | April 7, 2025
- In his March 24, 2025, oped in The Hill Times, Conservative Senate Leader Don Plett valiantly defends Canada’s live horse export for slaughter industry—a
Opinion | April 7, 2025
- In his March 24, 2025, oped in The Hill Times, Conservative Senate Leader Don Plett valiantly defends Canada’s live horse export for slaughter industry—a
- As I write this, the nightmare in Canada caused by the administration of United States President Donald Trump intensifies. It has moved Conservative Leader
Opinion | April 2, 2025
Opinion | April 2, 2025
- As I write this, the nightmare in Canada caused by the administration of United States President Donald Trump intensifies. It has moved Conservative Leader
Opinion | April 2, 2025
- As I write this, the nightmare in Canada caused by the administration of United States President Donald Trump intensifies. It has moved Conservative Leader
- Many Canadians are ineligible for medical assistance in dying (MAID) because they are in the early stages of a capacity-eroding condition, such as dementia
Opinion | April 2, 2025
Opinion | April 2, 2025
- Many Canadians are ineligible for medical assistance in dying (MAID) because they are in the early stages of a capacity-eroding condition, such as dementia
Opinion | April 2, 2025
- Many Canadians are ineligible for medical assistance in dying (MAID) because they are in the early stages of a capacity-eroding condition, such as dementia
- I am writing to draw your readers’ attention to an imminent threat to Canada’s cultural sovereignty, one whose urgency grows by the day, as
Opinion | March 31, 2025
Opinion | March 31, 2025
- I am writing to draw your readers’ attention to an imminent threat to Canada’s cultural sovereignty, one whose urgency grows by the day, as
Opinion | March 31, 2025
- I am writing to draw your readers’ attention to an imminent threat to Canada’s cultural sovereignty, one whose urgency grows by the day, as
- Canada has the ability to make a change, and it baffles me how slow moving we are with our government’s actions. Speaking from the
Opinion | March 31, 2025
Opinion | March 31, 2025
- Canada has the ability to make a change, and it baffles me how slow moving we are with our government’s actions. Speaking from the
Opinion | March 31, 2025
- Canada has the ability to make a change, and it baffles me how slow moving we are with our government’s actions. Speaking from the
- Re: “Cuba and Canada: 80 years of diplomatic relations,” (The Hill Times, March 21). First, I want to acknowledge that, coming from an unfree,
Opinion | March 26, 2025
Opinion | March 26, 2025
- Re: “Cuba and Canada: 80 years of diplomatic relations,” (The Hill Times, March 21). First, I want to acknowledge that, coming from an unfree,
Opinion | March 26, 2025
- Re: “Cuba and Canada: 80 years of diplomatic relations,” (The Hill Times, March 21). First, I want to acknowledge that, coming from an unfree,
- I have lived in five different provinces in Canada—Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador—and have visited all provinces and territories except
Opinion | March 26, 2025
Opinion | March 26, 2025
- I have lived in five different provinces in Canada—Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador—and have visited all provinces and territories except
Opinion | March 26, 2025
- I have lived in five different provinces in Canada—Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador—and have visited all provinces and territories except
- Re: “Despite challenging first two years, Canada’s special rep on Islamophobia is undaunted,” (The Hill Times, March 10, by Laura Ryckewaert). It would be
Opinion | March 24, 2025
Opinion | March 24, 2025
- Re: “Despite challenging first two years, Canada’s special rep on Islamophobia is undaunted,” (The Hill Times, March 10, by Laura Ryckewaert). It would be
Opinion | March 24, 2025
- Re: “Despite challenging first two years, Canada’s special rep on Islamophobia is undaunted,” (The Hill Times, March 10, by Laura Ryckewaert). It would be
- Re: “Who is to blame for recent bloodshed in Syria?” (The Hill Times, March 11). Gwynne Dyer provided a good background to the massacre
Opinion | March 19, 2025
Opinion | March 19, 2025
- Re: “Who is to blame for recent bloodshed in Syria?” (The Hill Times, March 11). Gwynne Dyer provided a good background to the massacre
Opinion | March 19, 2025
- Re: “Who is to blame for recent bloodshed in Syria?” (The Hill Times, March 11). Gwynne Dyer provided a good background to the massacre
- Re: “Despite challenging first two years, Canada’s special rep on Islamophobia is undaunted,” (The Hill Times, March 12, p. 11). I am writing in
Opinion | March 19, 2025
Opinion | March 19, 2025
- Re: “Despite challenging first two years, Canada’s special rep on Islamophobia is undaunted,” (The Hill Times, March 12, p. 11). I am writing in
Opinion | March 19, 2025
- Re: “Despite challenging first two years, Canada’s special rep on Islamophobia is undaunted,” (The Hill Times, March 12, p. 11). I am writing in
- We elect governments and pay taxes so the governments can do things that we, as individuals, cannot do: build hospitals and schools, pave roads,
Opinion | March 17, 2025
Opinion | March 17, 2025
- We elect governments and pay taxes so the governments can do things that we, as individuals, cannot do: build hospitals and schools, pave roads,
Opinion | March 17, 2025
- We elect governments and pay taxes so the governments can do things that we, as individuals, cannot do: build hospitals and schools, pave roads,
- Re: “Time for Canada to consider its own nuclear deterrent,” (The Hill Times, March 10). Responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s punitive behaviour towards
Opinion | March 17, 2025
Opinion | March 17, 2025
- Re: “Time for Canada to consider its own nuclear deterrent,” (The Hill Times, March 10). Responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s punitive behaviour towards
Opinion | March 17, 2025
- Re: “Time for Canada to consider its own nuclear deterrent,” (The Hill Times, March 10). Responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s punitive behaviour towards
- It looks like the United States is headed into the Dark Ages. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is keeping his promise—as he should—by charging a
Opinion | March 12, 2025
Opinion | March 12, 2025
- It looks like the United States is headed into the Dark Ages. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is keeping his promise—as he should—by charging a
Opinion | March 12, 2025
- It looks like the United States is headed into the Dark Ages. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is keeping his promise—as he should—by charging a
- Buried in all of the shocking headlines, the federal government announced a contribution of $675-million to the recent round of funding for Gavi, the
Opinion | March 12, 2025
Opinion | March 12, 2025
- Buried in all of the shocking headlines, the federal government announced a contribution of $675-million to the recent round of funding for Gavi, the
Opinion | March 12, 2025
- Buried in all of the shocking headlines, the federal government announced a contribution of $675-million to the recent round of funding for Gavi, the
- Re: “NDP proposal to exclude Trump from June summit risks injuring G7, say former diplomats,” (The Hill Times by Neil Moss, March 5). Until
Opinion | March 10, 2025
Opinion | March 10, 2025
- Re: “NDP proposal to exclude Trump from June summit risks injuring G7, say former diplomats,” (The Hill Times by Neil Moss, March 5). Until
Opinion | March 10, 2025
- Re: “NDP proposal to exclude Trump from June summit risks injuring G7, say former diplomats,” (The Hill Times by Neil Moss, March 5). Until
- Re: “Canada in a deep moral panic regarding Donald Trump,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 24, by Andrew Latham). Latham thinks that the current problem
Opinion | March 10, 2025
Opinion | March 10, 2025
- Re: “Canada in a deep moral panic regarding Donald Trump,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 24, by Andrew Latham). Latham thinks that the current problem
Opinion | March 10, 2025
- Re: “Canada in a deep moral panic regarding Donald Trump,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 24, by Andrew Latham). Latham thinks that the current problem
- Re: “Canada is in a deep moral panic regarding Donald Trump,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 24, p. 19). Andrew Latham’s recent piece dismissing Canadian
Opinion | March 5, 2025
Opinion | March 5, 2025
- Re: “Canada is in a deep moral panic regarding Donald Trump,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 24, p. 19). Andrew Latham’s recent piece dismissing Canadian
Opinion | March 5, 2025
- Re: “Canada is in a deep moral panic regarding Donald Trump,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 24, p. 19). Andrew Latham’s recent piece dismissing Canadian
- Re: “USAID chaos reveals crossroad for Canada’s foreign-aid funding,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 12). The recent turmoil surrounding USAID underscores a stark reality: global
Opinion | March 3, 2025
Opinion | March 3, 2025
- Re: “USAID chaos reveals crossroad for Canada’s foreign-aid funding,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 12). The recent turmoil surrounding USAID underscores a stark reality: global
Opinion | March 3, 2025
- Re: “USAID chaos reveals crossroad for Canada’s foreign-aid funding,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 12). The recent turmoil surrounding USAID underscores a stark reality: global
- The objection by two letter-writers to a Hill Times opinion piece that urged Canada to officially recognize the state of Palestine—as 143 countries already
Opinion | March 3, 2025
Opinion | March 3, 2025
- The objection by two letter-writers to a Hill Times opinion piece that urged Canada to officially recognize the state of Palestine—as 143 countries already
Opinion | March 3, 2025
- The objection by two letter-writers to a Hill Times opinion piece that urged Canada to officially recognize the state of Palestine—as 143 countries already
- Whether it’s poverty on a local or global scale, its impacts are profound. Poverty hurts, it deprives individuals of essential needs like access to
Opinion | October 16, 2023
Opinion | October 16, 2023
- Whether it’s poverty on a local or global scale, its impacts are profound. Poverty hurts, it deprives individuals of essential needs like access to
Opinion | October 16, 2023
- Whether it’s poverty on a local or global scale, its impacts are profound. Poverty hurts, it deprives individuals of essential needs like access to
- “The colonial project called Canada is outdoing itself,” (The Hill Times, Sept. 27, p. 10). Kudos to Erica Ifill. My only quibble with this
Opinion | October 11, 2023
Opinion | October 11, 2023
- “The colonial project called Canada is outdoing itself,” (The Hill Times, Sept. 27, p. 10). Kudos to Erica Ifill. My only quibble with this
Opinion | October 11, 2023
- “The colonial project called Canada is outdoing itself,” (The Hill Times, Sept. 27, p. 10). Kudos to Erica Ifill. My only quibble with this
- Re: “Legacy media is failing Canadians for the sake of war absolutism,” (The Hill Times, Oct. 4, p. 9). I don’t see this as
Opinion | October 11, 2023
Opinion | October 11, 2023
- Re: “Legacy media is failing Canadians for the sake of war absolutism,” (The Hill Times, Oct. 4, p. 9). I don’t see this as
Opinion | October 11, 2023
- Re: “Legacy media is failing Canadians for the sake of war absolutism,” (The Hill Times, Oct. 4, p. 9). I don’t see this as
- Some are calling one element of the proceedings in our House of Commons during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s recent visit “Canada’s shame.” Indeed, it
Opinion | October 9, 2023
Opinion | October 9, 2023
- Some are calling one element of the proceedings in our House of Commons during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s recent visit “Canada’s shame.” Indeed, it
Opinion | October 9, 2023
- Some are calling one element of the proceedings in our House of Commons during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s recent visit “Canada’s shame.” Indeed, it
- Canada’s Day of Truth and Reconciliation is a sign of this country’s growing awareness of the targeted injustice to Indigenous Peoples rooted in our
Opinion | October 9, 2023
Opinion | October 9, 2023
- Canada’s Day of Truth and Reconciliation is a sign of this country’s growing awareness of the targeted injustice to Indigenous Peoples rooted in our
Opinion | October 9, 2023
- Canada’s Day of Truth and Reconciliation is a sign of this country’s growing awareness of the targeted injustice to Indigenous Peoples rooted in our
- Re: “Conservatives already have a climate plan,” (The Hill Times, Sept. 25, p. 4). Robert Sopuck wants us to ignore the Conservative Party’s current
Opinion | October 4, 2023
Opinion | October 4, 2023
- Re: “Conservatives already have a climate plan,” (The Hill Times, Sept. 25, p. 4). Robert Sopuck wants us to ignore the Conservative Party’s current
Opinion | October 4, 2023
- Re: “Conservatives already have a climate plan,” (The Hill Times, Sept. 25, p. 4). Robert Sopuck wants us to ignore the Conservative Party’s current
- When it comes to Canadian hypocrisy, what immediately springs to mind is the standing ovation given by Canadian MPs to a Second World War
Opinion | October 4, 2023
Opinion | October 4, 2023
- When it comes to Canadian hypocrisy, what immediately springs to mind is the standing ovation given by Canadian MPs to a Second World War
Opinion | October 4, 2023
- When it comes to Canadian hypocrisy, what immediately springs to mind is the standing ovation given by Canadian MPs to a Second World War
- I am a Canadian Army veteran, a peacekeeping and combat veteran, a well-known advocate for veterans, and the grandson of two veterans who fought
Opinion | October 2, 2023
Opinion | October 2, 2023
- I am a Canadian Army veteran, a peacekeeping and combat veteran, a well-known advocate for veterans, and the grandson of two veterans who fought
Opinion | October 2, 2023
- I am a Canadian Army veteran, a peacekeeping and combat veteran, a well-known advocate for veterans, and the grandson of two veterans who fought
- Re: “Canadian farmers fight climate change,” (The Hill Times, by CSG Senator Rob Black, March 21, 2022). The media are full of reports of
Opinion | October 2, 2023
Opinion | October 2, 2023
- Re: “Canadian farmers fight climate change,” (The Hill Times, by CSG Senator Rob Black, March 21, 2022). The media are full of reports of
Opinion | October 2, 2023
- Re: “Canadian farmers fight climate change,” (The Hill Times, by CSG Senator Rob Black, March 21, 2022). The media are full of reports of
- Re: “Tug of war: defence budget caught between feds’ plans for cuts and calls for increased military spending,” (The Hill Times, Aug. 30, p.
Opinion | September 27, 2023
Opinion | September 27, 2023
- Re: “Tug of war: defence budget caught between feds’ plans for cuts and calls for increased military spending,” (The Hill Times, Aug. 30, p.
Opinion | September 27, 2023
- Re: “Tug of war: defence budget caught between feds’ plans for cuts and calls for increased military spending,” (The Hill Times, Aug. 30, p.
